Effect of feeding Moringa on Sudanese desert sheep performance
1Department of Animal Production. Faculty of Natural Resources and Environmental Studies
University of Kordofan El-Obied, Sudan
2 Institute of Environmental Studies, University of Khartoum, Sudan
bushara3030@yahoo.com
University of Kordofan El-Obied, Sudan
2 Institute of Environmental Studies, University of Khartoum, Sudan
bushara3030@yahoo.com
Citation: Sawsan, F. A. Salih., I. Bushara and Muna, M. M. Ahmed, “Effect of feeding Moringa on Sudanese
desert sheep performance”. American Research Journal of Agriculture, Volume 3, 2017; pp:1-5
Abstract
The experiment was conducted on desert male sheep’s to evaluate the effect feeding moringa on
body weight gain, feed intake and body weight change. Twelve (12) rams of desert sheep aged 4-5 months and
weighing 12.1 Kg (11.7-12.4 Kg) were used in these experiments. The goats were divided randomly into three
groups; each group (4 males) in complete randomized design. The results revealed that the group one which
fed mixture of rang plants showed the heaviest body weight gain as 104.48 g/day compared with other feeds.
The effect of feeds on body weight change and final gain, was significant (P ≤ 0.001) with the mixture of range
plants with moringa (26.77±0.68kg) and mixture of range plants alone (25.33±0.76kg) compared with moringa
alone (22.77±3.87kg).
